Posted on 09/30/2013 7:16:37 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Demographics is destiny?
My sister in Houston despises Dewhurst with a purple passion. She says he is the only well-known figure in the Texas GOP who would make Sen. Cornyn or even former Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson look like a fire breathing right winger by comparison.
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/johnny
DoWorst has proved to be a prime slimeball. Trust nothing he says, it will prove to be only to his benefit.
/johnny
Or if he is elected...
So, who is the conservative alternative to Dewhurst in the Lone Star State?
God forbid conservatives sit this one out and let someone like Wendy Davis romp...
Dewhurst has no clue, just like he had no clue when he was debating Cruz. A person as dumb as Dewhurst should not be our Lt. Gov.
It WILL turn blue if we continue to keep the border open.
THAT IS A FACT
Lt. Governor is the strongest elected office in the State of Texas, even more powerful than the Governor.
Todd Staples seems to be the FR preferred candidate, but Jerry Patterson is in the race, too.
Texas is a run-off state, so the more the merrier at the beginning of the primary.
/johnny
Texas will turn blue if we don’t change our immigration policies. Demography is indeed destiny.
It has less to do with an open border as it does with our LEGAL immigration policies. We bring in 1.2 million legal immigrants a year, two thirds of whom are Hispanic. And two-thirds of the Hispanics are Mexicans.
The problem with the whole turning Texas blue narrative is there is absolutely zero evidence that it is occurring. Its not as if GOP are getting slimmer and slimmer margins in the state. If that were the case then there would be justification to be worried. Also Hispanics in Texas do vote more Republican and the GOP outreach is much better than in much of the rest of the country with the only exception being Florida. True complacency is dangerous but again there is no evidence that Texas is likely to flip in the near future especially given that it is a great of attractor of those who are conservative with more moving into the state all the time.
The thing Democrats should be worried about is the fact that Texas will continue to pick up more Electoral votes as blue states lose them. Current migration trends which are often cast as the downfall of the GOP are poised to deflate the influence of large blue states. The future of blue states is is very likely to be that of economically depressed wastelands. They will be like little Cubas.
Staples seems like the front runner to take Dewberry out.
I saw something truly sickening this morning...an ad by Cornhole Cornyn saying "Only 5 votes needed to stop 0Care...please call Senators Landrieu, Hagan, Begich, Manchin" and one other...and listed their phone numbers. What a disgusting POS...when HE was one who voted FOR cloture.
What we need is a good, strong opponent to Cornhole, as well.
Not meaning to hijack your thread, Johnny...just mad as h#ll that I saw this VERY RECENT Cornball ad (paid for by Texans for Senator John Cornball, Inc.)
He is a total slimeball but that doesn’t mean he isn’t right on this. The blue folks are moving into red states to turn them and you all know it
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